Hand-oiler.



J.-L. FUSNEK.

HAND OILER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25, 1912.

1,034,897, Patented Aug. 6, 1912.

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Allamey JESSE LLBENO FUSNER, OF WELLSBUBG, WEST VIRGINIA.

HAND'OIIIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 6, 1912.

Application filed March 25, 1912. Serial No. 686,161.

To all whom it may concern:

1% it known that I, Jesse L. FUSNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Well'sburg, in the county of Brooke and State of West Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hand-Oilers, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to hand oilers, and more particularly those of the type employing a valve for controlling the passage of the lubricant from the reservoir or body, through the 1 spout.

One of the primary objects of the present invention is to provide a structure that will permit the ready detachment and replacement of the spout, in that the valve and its operating means will not interfere there- With.

A' further and important object is to provide a valve and actuating means therefor that is entirely accessible, the various parts being easily removable for the purposes of repair or renewal.

Another important feature of the invention resides in the provision of means for permitting the lubricant that is in the spout, to return back into the reservoir or body, when the oiler is placed upon a support or the like.

.As is well known, there are two types of valve controlled 'oile'rs. In one, the valve is arranged contiguous to the delivery end or nozzle of the spout. In the other, it has been proposed to place the valve in the base of the spout. The latter is preferable for many reasons, but is open to the objection that when the valve is closed, after the oiler has been used, the spout is full or partially full of oil. Consequently when carried in the hand, the oil is very apt to drip from thespout, inasmuch as the oiler is normally held in an inclined or substantially horizontal relation. The present invention provides means, by which the valve can be located in the base of the spout, and at the same time, overcomes the above objections to this particular type.

In the accompanying drawings :-Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view through a hand oiler, showing the improved construction. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional View on an enlarged scale, through the valve. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the same. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of the retaining means for the operating rod.

Similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In the embodiment disclosed, the body or reservoir is designated 5, and has a conical top 6 terminating in an internally threaded socket 7. This socket is formed by bending the top wall downwardly and reinforcing the same by suitable material 8, preferably brazed therein. A spout 9 is detachably threaded into the mouth or socket 7, and may be of any desired configuration. In the present embodiment, this spout 9 is brazed.

within a collar 10 that is threaded into the socket, and has an overhanging flange 11 forming a recess for a suitable packing gasket 12.

Detachably threaded into the base of the spout is a carrier plug 13, having a passageway 14 therethrough that is surrounded at its outer end by a valve seat 15. An outwardly opening check valve 16 is slidably mounted in the passageway 14, and is provided with a stem having angularly disposed guiding wings 17. A coiled spring 18, sur-.

rounding the inner ends of the stem, bears against the inner end of the plug 13, and against a cross pin 19 passed through a boss 20 formed upon said stem. It will thus be evident that the spring 18 serves to normally hold the valve in its closed position.

Secured to one side of the body or reservoir, is a handle 21. In order to effectively fasten this handle, plugs 22 are located on the inside of the body, being preferably brazed thereto, and these plugs have sockets 23 into which are threaded holding screws 24 that pass through the terminal portions of the handle. Just above this handle, is arranged a curved tube 25 that extends within and without the body or reservoir, being formed on the arc of a circle. Slidably mounted in this tube 25, is a curved operating rod 26 of smaller diameter than the bore of the tube, in order to leave a space that acts as a vent. The outer end of this rod 26 is bent horizontally, as shown at 27, then downwardly, as illustrated at 28, and has an outturned flattened terminal 29, constituting a thumb piece. The inner end of the rod 26 is threaded, and screwed thereupon, is a retaining button 30, that has a convexed upper face 31. This button is so arranged that it will bear against the inner end of the valve stem, and consequently per- 11! forms two functions,providing an enlarged bearing and retaining means for the rod 26.

By referring to Fig. 2, it will be noted that the valve 16 and its stem are provided with a downwardly disposed passageway 32, havin the lower portion enlarged,as illustrate at 33, thereby formin a valve seat 34. The portion 33 is provided with ,lateral ports 35 that open into the interior of the body or reservoir 5. A ball valve 36 is loosely mounted in. the enlarged portion 33 of the passagewa Y and is arranged to engage the seat34a he valve 36 is retained in place by the pin 19, which also serves to hold the valve 16 in position, and constitutes a bearing for the s ring 18.

Briefly describe the operation of the device issubstantially as follows. Whenever 20 the user desires to deliver lubricant from the oiler, he has onl to tilt it sufficiently and press upon the t umb piece 29, whereupon the rod 26 will be moved longitudinally, the button 30 will press against the valve stem, and the valve will be forced open against the action of the spring 18. The lubricant can then flow freely through the passageway 14, into the spout, and thence be delivered from the interior of said s out. As soon as so pressure upon the thumb piece 29 is relieved, the valve 16 will close under the action of the spring 18. When the oiler is tilted sufliciently, it will be evident that the ball valve 36 will move outwardly and seat itself upon the portion 34, thus closing the passageway 32. If now the oiler is set in upright position, as is naturally the case, after the parts to be lubricated have been attended to, the valve 36 will drop to the position illusgo trated in Fig. 2. Substantially all lubricant therefore that remains in the spout, will pass downwardly through the passageway 32 and out throughthe ports 35, thereby reentering the can or reservoir. As soon as the oiler is again to be used, as already.

stated, it is carried to a substantially horizontal position, and the oilwill not flow outwardly through the passageway 32,, inasmuch as the ball valve will again take its position upon the seat 34.

Another feature of importance in this structure resides in the fact that all the parts are entirely accessible and removable. Upon disengaging the spout 9 from the body or. reservoir, the valve 16 will of course separate from its actuating means, and all the parts can be easily detached b removing the plug 13 and the pin 19. hould it become deslrable to -remove the actuating 0 "means, it is only necessary to detach the button 30 from the stem or rod 26.

. From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction, operation, and man advantages of the herein described invention 65. will be apparent to those skilled in the art,

roaasev without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus duly described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a hand oiler, the combination with a body or reservoir having an interiorly threaded mouth, of adelivery s out having a base that is exteriorly an interiorly threaded, said base detachably screwing into the mouth, a plug detachably threaded into the base independently of the mouth and having a passageway therethrough, an outwardly opening valve located in the plug and having a stem projectin from the inner end thereof, and a longitu inally movable operating rod slidably mounted in the body or reservoir'and having its inner end portion separate from but detachably engaging the inner end of the valve stem to actuate the valve.

2. In a hand oiler, the combination with a body or reservoir, of a removable spouttherefor threaded thereinto, a valve carrier plug detachabl threaded into the base of the spout an having a passage therethrough, said plug being removable with the spout, an outwardly o eningv valve car-' ried by the plug and cont-r0 ling the passage, a curved tube extending withln and without the body, a curved operating rod slidably mounted in the tube and removable and replaceable through the outer end thereof,

and a button detachably threaded on the inner end of the rod and constituting retaining means therefor, said button being separate from and detaehably engaging the inner end of the valve to open it.

3. In a hand oiler, the combination with a body or reservoir, of a spout carried thereby, a valve for controlling the passage of material through the spout, and means for permitting a back flow of the material past the valve when the latter is in closed position.

4. Ina hand oiler, the combination with a body or reservoir, of a spout carried thereby, a valve for controlling the passage of material through the spout, and a by-pass for permitting a back flow. of the material from the spout into the body or reservoir 120 when the valve is closed.

5. In a hand oiler, the combination with a body or reservoir, of a spout carried thereby, a valve for controlling the passage of material through the, spout, and a by-pass in the controlling valve for permittin a back flow of the material past said va ve when the same is closed.

6. In a hand oiler, the combination with a body or reservoir, of a spout carried there- 130 a body or reservoir, of a spout carried thereby for delivering material when the oiler is tilted, a valve for controlling the passage of material through the spout, a by-pass for permitting a back flow of the material past the valve when the same is closed, and an automatic valve that closes the by-pass when the oiler is tilted, and leaves said bypass open When in substantially upright position. 1 I 1 8. In a hand oiler, the combination with a body or reservoir, of a spout carried thereby, a valve in the base of the spout for controlling the passage of material outwardly into the spout, means for operating the valve, said valve having a return passage therethrough, and an automatic valve in said return passage for controlling the same.

9. In a hand oiler, the combination with a bod or reservoir, of a spout detachably threa ed thereon, an outwardly opening valve in the base of the spout, said valve having a longitudinal return passage therein'provided with a lateral port in the body or reservoir,

assage, and means detachably engaging the mner end of the valve for operating the same, said means being mounted on the body or. reservolr.

Iii testimony whereof I have hereunto set a my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JESSE LLRENO FUSNER. Witnesses:

PETER A. Broom, S. O. PAULL.

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